August 29, 2007

"Mad Hatter" arrested; world blames New Jersey

The article is a wonder of economy, mixing breezy humor with casual violence:

The robberies began about a month after Madison was released from a halfway house after serving nearly 20 years in prison for the bludgeoning death of a girlfriend. He said that upon release he found a $42,000-a-year job as a machinist.

"I thought, that's not bad, right? That was good money when I went in. But that was 20 years ago," he said. Then came a lesson in inflation.